Sport News Update, what you need to know

Sport News Update, what you need to know.

CRICKET - If it was a fitness test, Usman Khawaja passed with flying colours as he put his hand up for a Boxing Day Test recall with an unbeaten century in a one-run Big Bash win over over the Melbourne Stars, while Nathan Lyon took 5-23 in the Sydney Sixers' 95-run demolition of Hobart.

SOCCER - The honeymoon is well and truly over for Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, with Odion Ighalo scoring twice as Watford beat Liverpool 3-0 at home to move within one point of the top four.

SOCCER - A late Dimitri Petratos goal steered Brisbane to an convincing 1-0 win over Central Coast to reclaim second spot on the A-League table, the having now gone 10 matches without a win.

BASKETBALL - Kiwi great Kirk Penney returned to haunt his former side with 27 points in Illawarra's stirring 107-83 NBL win over the New Zealand Breakers, the Hawks now within one with of the second spot on the ladder.


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